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Single Installer

We've joined AggreGate Server and AggreGate Client into one installation bundle. If you need to manage your server from the same machine it's running on, you don't need to complete two installation procedures anymore. And of course, AggreGate Client is still available as a separate bundle.

Get the latest release in the downloads section!

Smart SNMP polling

We've designed and implemented a new SNMP polling algorithm that helps to greatly decrease device synchronization time.

When adding an SNMP device account, this algorithm quickly detects MIBs the device supports and allows operator to select ones to be monitored. After that, only OIDs defined in the selected MIBs will be polled.

However, if you want to obtain all SNMP variables provided by device, you always fall back to original SNMP walk method.

Demo Server Update

Our public demo server was updated several days ago. It now has 25+ diverse hardware devices connected via different protocols. We use this server for personal demos, however, everyone may connect and check basic functionality available under non-admin accounts.

Release 4.41

After a month of intensive development, we're presenting AggreGate v4.41. It finally provides support for grouping device settings, operations and events. This feature greatly simplifies servicing devices that have thousands of settings, such as SNMP-enabled routers, BACnet controllers, Java application servers (JMX device driver), etc.

The new release delivers over 200 improvements and fixes for AggreGate core and different modules, so we suggest to upgrade your installation.

BACnet driver is on board

AggreGate can now communicate with BACnet devices via BACnet/IP. The new BACnet driver allows reading/writing properties of any device object, including propietary properties. Subscribing to COV notifications is also supported.

Animated Alert Popups

The next minor AggreGate release will introduce new alert notification windows that are:

Animated
Non-modal
Stickable
Groupable
Color-coded to reflect alert severity
Auto-hidden after a certain time

Google Maps Integration

Yeah, we've recently completed integration of AggreGate Client with Google Maps Static API. Any device that provides GPS data can be located on the map. Historical tracks are also available on-demand.

AggreGate SDK

We are almost ready to publish open-source AggreGate SDK that includes four parts:

LinkServer API for full remote control of AggreGate LinkServer and all connected hardware
Driver Development Kit (DDK) for creating new LinkServer device drivers
Plugin SDK for extending LinkServer with new data processing/presentation modules
Agent SDK for implementing Java-based AggreGate Agents

The SDK will include extensive documentation, examples, and Java source codes for all modules.

Network Manager Overview

Have been working on AggreGate Network Manager for several months, we've made a lot of modifications and improvements along with totally new features --- many big, important, and really interesting ones. Should we say we have a new AggreGate Network Manager now? Looks like that.

Anyway we are currently (re-)documenting AggreGate Network Manager… and an idea emerged: why not to post some of its fresh and hot snippets here? We don’t see any impediments so far! And so here we go… starting with the Network Manager overview.

VMware Monitoring Notes

Going on with review of upcoming AggreGate Network Manager release today we talk about VMware monitoring.